The Great War and the Language of ModernismWith the expressions "Lost Generation" and "The Men of 1914," the major authors of modernism designated the overwhelming effect the First World War exerted on their era. Literary critics have long employed the same phrases in an attempt to place a radically experimental, specifically modernist writing in its formative, historical setting. What real basis did that Great War provide for the verbal inventiveness of modernist poetry and fiction?
Ritual Unbound: Reading Sacrifice in Modernist Fiction
This study explores the vestiges of primitive sacrificial rituals that emerge in a group of canonical modernist novels, including The Turn of the Screw, Heart of Darkness, The Good Soldier, The Great Gatsby, and To the Lighthouse. It argues that these novels reenact a process that achieved its seminal expression in the Genesis story of "The Binding of Isaac," in which Abraham, having been prevented from sacrificing Isaac, offers up a ram in his place.
This revised edition provides a way of understanding the vast universe of genre fiction in an easy-to-use format. Expert readers' advisor Joyce Saricks offers groundbreaking reconsideration of the connections among genres, providing: key authors and themes within 15 genres; an explanation as to how the different genres overlap; and, the elements of fiction most likely to entice readers.
Alaskan Ice ClimbingNational Geographic Footprint Reading Library, a unique new series of readers for learners of English produced by Heinle ELT in partnership with National Geographic. This series offers fascinating stories and facts from the four corners of our world, and develops the language and skills needed to understand non-fiction writing.
The first non-fiction reading series for English language learners to present captivating real-world stories inprint, audio, and video.
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